1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Denmark)

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Denmark took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a delegation of 64 athletes (60 men and 4 women) in 53 competitions in eleven competitions.

The Danish athletes won one gold, four silver and three bronze medals. Olympic champions were the cyclists Gunnar Asmussen , Per Lyngemark , Reno Olsen , Peder Pedersen and Mogens Frey in the team pursuit. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the canoeist Erik Hansen .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Jørgen Hansen

  Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Ljubinko Veselinović

  Light middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

canoe

• Erik Hansen

  Single kayak 1000 m: bronze

• Harry Sørensen

  Quad kayak 1000 m: 9th place

• Hans-Viggo Knudsen

  Quad kayak 1000 m: 9th place

• Steen Lund Hansen

  Quad kayak 1000 m: 9th place

• Jørgen Andersen

  Quad kayak 1000 m: 9th place

athletics

Men

• Gerd Larsen

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Tom Hansen

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Georg Olsen

  Marathon: 34th place

• Steen Smidt-Jensen

  Decathlon: 8th place

Women

• Annelise Damm Olesen

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Nina Hansen

  Pentathlon: 13th place

Modern pentathlon

• Jørn Steffensen

  Individual: 13th place

Cycling

• Leif Mortensen

  Road race: silver

  Team time trial: 4th place

• Ole Højlund

  Road race: 26th place

  Team time trial: 4th place

• Jørgen Emil Hansen

  Road race: 29th place

  Team time trial: 4th place

• Svend Erik Bjerg

  Road race: 38th place

• Verner Blaudzun

  Team time trial: 4th place

• Niels Fredborg

  Track sprint: eliminated in the preliminary run

  Track 1000 m time trial: silver

• Peder Pedersen

  Track sprint: eliminated in the preliminary run

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: gold

• Per Sarto Jørgensen

  Rail tandem: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Jørgen Jensen

  Rail tandem: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Mogens Frey

  Track 4000 m single pursuit: silver

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: gold

• Reno Olsen

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: gold

• Per Lyngemark

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: gold

• Gunnar Asmussen

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: gold

Wrestling

• Alex Børger

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Johnny Nielsen

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Kurt Madsen

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

rowing

Men

• Niels Henry Secher

  One: 8th place

• Peter Fich Christiansen

  Two without a helmsman: bronze

• Ib Ivan Larsen

  Two without a helmsman: bronze

• Jørn Krab

  Two with helmsman: bronze

• Harry Jørgensen

  Two with helmsman: bronze

• Preben Krab

  Two with helmsman: bronze

• John Erik Jensen

  Four without a helmsman: 10th place

• Gunner Nielsen

  Four without a helmsman: 10th place

• Mogens Pedersen

  Four without a helmsman: 10th place

• Johnny Algreen Petersen

  Four without a helmsman: 10th place

shoot

• Jørgen Gabrielsen

  Free pistol 50 m: 20th place

• Niels Dahl

  Free pistol 50 m: 40th place

• Ole Hviid Jensen

  Small-bore rifle three-position fight 50 m: 22nd place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 15th place

• Per Weichel

  Small-bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 40th place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 42nd place

• Ernst Pedersen

  Skeet: 10th place

• Benny Jensen

  Skeet: 33rd place

swim

Men

• Ejvind Pedersen

  100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

  200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Lars Kraus Jensen

  200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

Women

• Kirsten Strange-Campbell

  200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

sailing

• Henning Wind

  Finn dinghy: 18th place

• Paul Elvstrøm

  Star: 4th place

• Poul Mik-Meyer

  Star: 4th place

• Hans Fogh

  Flying Dutchman: 16th place

• Niels Jensen

  Flying Dutchman: 16th place

• Poul Høj Jensen

  Flying Dutchman: 16th place

• Aage Birch

  Dragons: silver

• Niels Markussen

  Dragons: silver

• Paul Lindemark Jørgensen

  Dragons: silver

• William Berntsen

  5.5 mR class: 13th place

• Erik Johansen

  5.5 mR class: 13th place

• Christian Hansen

  5.5 mR class: 13th place

do gymnastics

Men

• Hans Peter Nielsen

  Individual all-around: 63rd place

  Floor: 65th place

  Horse jump: 71st place

  Bars: 65th place

  Horizontal bar: 95th place

  Rings: 54th place

  Pommel horse: 33rd place

• Arne Thomsen

  Individual all-around: 90th place

  Floor: 65th place

  Horse jump: 111th place

  Bars: 78th place

  Horizontal bar: 61st place

  Rings: 87th place

  Pommel horse: 85th place

Women

• Else Trangbæk

  Individual all-around: 75th place

  Floor: 64th place

  Horse jump: 76th place

  Balance beam: 84th place

  Uneven bars: 62nd place

Web links

• Danish Olympic team from 1968 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )